Biography

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Claire B. Cohen is a painter, a teacher and an art therapist. Born and raised in Israel, she immigrated to Canada in 1964. While living in Toronto and raising a family, she studied Fine Arts at York University. In 1978, the family moved to Ottawa where she completed her BFA Honours at the University of Ottawa, as well as taking Psychology courses at Carleton University.

Following her graduation from the University of Ottawa in Visual Arts, she continued painting full time in her home studio. She joined "The critic group" led by Bruce Garner, an accomplished and well known sculptor and teacher in Ottawa. Bruce Garner was an inspiration and a mentor to her as an artist.

Claire participated in a number of group and solo art exhibitions in Ottawa and Quebec. Currently her works are displayed in many public buildings in Ottawa, and in private collections in Canada and the U.S.

In 1986, Claire returned to University and completed her Master's degree in Art Therapy and Counseling. Following her graduation, she provided therapy using art as a modality in counseling, mainly in the field of addictions.​



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Artist Statement

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In my search for a personal language in painting, my work evolved towards non-objective and non-figurative imagery. We all live within an inner world of images, thoughts and memories that continually shift, evoking a rich texture of feelings and moods. Sometimes images arise vividly in our mind and spark a chain of thoughts and ideas. Those ideas come to focus and expression in form, colour and texture which I use to express a deeper spiritual and intimate relationship between those elements.

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